马, horse, serves as semantic component/radical to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the component horse 马 are semantic left-phonetic right 驴, 驶, 驰, etc, and some are phonetic up – semantic down such as 驾, 骜, 驽. Continue reading “Component horse 马”
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Component insect, worm, bug 虫
虫, insect, worm, bug, serves as semantic component/radical to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component insect has three structures: semanic left – phonetic right, semi-enclosed, phonetic up-semantic down. Continue reading “Component insect, worm, bug 虫”
Component tortoise 龟
龟 resembles a tortoise and means tortoise. The tortoise’s feet are omitted in the simplified form. 龟 serves as semantic component. There is only one character formed by the component tortoise 龟. Continue reading “Component tortoise 龟”
Component animal’s foot 釆
釆 biàn, originally an animal’s foot, and its meaning was extended to “differentiate, distinguish, etc”. 釆 serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component animal’s foot 釆 express meanings related to “differentiate, distinguish, etc”. Continue reading “Component animal’s foot 釆”
Component horn 角
角, originally a horn, has the extended meaning: angle, corner. It serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component horn 角 express meanings related to horn such as 触, 解, 犄, 斛, 觞. Continue reading “Component horn 角”